Espionage
The Baseball Player-Turned-Spy Who Went Undercover to Assassinate the Nazis' Top Nuclear Scientist
During World War II, the OSS sent Moe Berg to Europe, where he gathered intel on Germany's efforts to build an atomic bomb
The American Spy Who Surrendered to the Nazis to Save Civilians
In 1944, Pierre Julien Ortiz parachuted into occupied France, where the Gestapo offered a reward of half a million francs for his capture
Why French Authorities Placed a Young Pablo Picasso Under Surveillance
Police suspected the 19-year-old Spanish expatriate of harboring anarchist views
High-Altitude Balloons Aren’t Just for Spying. Here’s How Scientists Use Them
Students, scientists and hobbyists are beginning to worry for their research as balloons are increasingly shot down
How World War II Helped Forge the Modern FBI
Under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, J. Edgar Hoover consolidated immense power—and created the beginnings of the surveillance state
See Inside the Rarely Seen and Newly Reimagined CIA Museum
Off-limits to all but a few in-person visitors, the museum is starting to welcome the public, online at least
Have Scholars Finally Identified the Mysterious Somerton Man?
New DNA analysis suggests a body found on a beach in Australia in 1948 belongs to Carl Webb, an electrical engineer from Melbourne
How the Ghost Army of WWII Used Art to Deceive the Nazis
Unsung for decades, the U.S. Army's 23rd Headquarters Special Troops drew on visual, sonic and radio deception to misdirect the Germans
The Daring Rescue Mission That Freed 15 Hostages Held in the Colombian Jungle for Years
A new exhibition at the International Spy Museum revisits Operación Jaque, a covert 2008 plot led by the Colombian military
Did an Enslaved Woman Try to Warn the Americans of Benedict Arnold's Treason?
New research sheds light on Liss, who was enslaved by the family of a Culper Spy Ring leader and had ties to British spymaster John André
How Kate Warne, America's First Woman Detective, Foiled a Plot to Assassinate Abraham Lincoln
In February 1861, the Pinkerton agent, posing as the disguised president-elect's sister and caregiver, safely escorted him to Baltimore
The Vietnamese Secret Agent Who Spied for Three Different Countries
Known by the alias Lai Tek, the enigmatic communist swore allegiance first to France, then Britain and finally Japan
The Myth of Agent 355, the Woman Spy Who Supposedly Helped Win the Revolutionary War
A single reference in the historical record has spawned an array of adaptations, most of which overstate the anonymous figure's role in the Culper Spy Ring
Did the Midnight Ride of Sibyl Ludington Ever Happen?
What to make of the alluring legend of the New York teen who warned that the Redcoats were coming
Performer Josephine Baker to Be First Black Woman Buried at Paris' Panthéon
The talented entertainer, activist and spy will be the fifth woman accorded one of France's highest honors
The Forgotten French Scientist Who Courted Thomas Jefferson—and Got Pulled Into Scandal
A decade before Lewis and Clark, André Michaux wanted to explore the American continent. Spying for France gave him that chance
African Europeans, Jewish Commandos of WWII and Other New Books to Read
These May releases elevate overlooked stories and offer insights on oft-discussed topics
The True Story Behind 'The Courier'
A new spy thriller draws on the fascinating life—and whopping lies—of one of the U.K.'s most famous intelligence agents
How a Cuban Spy Sabotaged New York's Thriving, Illicit Slave Trade
Emilio Sanchez and the British government fought the lucrative business as American authorities looked the other way
The Once-Classified Tale of Juanita Moody: The Woman Who Helped Avert a Nuclear War
America’s bold response to the Soviet Union depended on an unknown spy agency operative whose story can at last be told
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